Contemporary Ascetics of Mount Athos, Volume I

Publication Data: Platina, CA: St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 2000
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: 363
Dimensions (l × w × h): 20.9 cm × 13.4 cm × 2.0 cm
Additional Information: black-and-white illustrations
ISBN: 0‒938635‒50‒7

   
By Archimandrite Cherubim (Karambelas)

Volume I of Contemporary Ascetics of Mount Athos

“The modern spiritual classic, Contemporary Ascetics of Mt. Athos, acquaints the reader with the authentic monastic life of the elders of the Holy Mountain. Fr. Cherubim selected as the subjects of his narratives the spiritual guides who helped to determine the spiritual climate of Mt. Athos which he met upon his arrival there in 1938. [...]Contemporary Ascetics of Mt. Athos for many years will endure in the English language as the most endearing literature on Mt. Athos. [...]The great value of reading about the lives of these elders is that they disclose the paradise open today to mortals, and the most loving God who stretches forth His hands to embrace His sons returning to Him at this eleventh hour.”
—“Introduction”

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION by Monk Gerasim Eliel
NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR
AUTHOR’S PREFACE
1. ELDER JOACHIM OF ST. ANNE’S SKETE
   I. His First Journey and Ministry
   II. In the Garden of the Mother of God
   III. His Last Years
2. ELDER ATHANASIUS OF GRIGORIOU
   I. Calling to Monasticism
   II. A Monk on Mt. Athos
   III. “Upon a Candlestand”
   IV. Spiritual Radiance
   V. A Bright Sunset
3. ELDER CALLINICUS THE HESYCHAST
   I. Pious Yearnings
   II. Life in the Desert
   III. His Ascetic Development
   IV. A Radiant Beacon
   V. On the Summit of Mount Tabor
4. ELDER DANIEL OF KATOUNAKIA
   Prologue
   I. From Smyrna to Athos
   II. “Rejoice, O Desert”
   III. “A Light in the Darkness”
   IV. Spiritual Ties
   V. Fruition and Harvest
5. ELDER ISAAC OF DIONYSIOU
   Prologue
   I. The Journey’s Beginning
   II. In the Coenobitic Arena
   III. A Grace-Filled Life